Our People — Piedmont Wildlife Center

Core Staff

Nick DiColandrea (he/him)

Noelle Rizzieri (she/her)

Madeline Preiss (she/her)

Jenna Williams (she/her)

Kyra Thurow-Bartow (she/her)

Jillian Langston-Bennett (she/her)

Emily Behr (she/her)

Porter Anderson (he/him)

Alia Riley (she/her)

Ben Regester (he/him)

Board of Directors

Bobby Schopler DVM, PhD (he/him)

Irene Faust (she/her)

Michelle Mann (she/her)

Laura Webb (she/her)

Kristen Hoyle (she/her)

Tori Yauch (she/her)

Marcie Fisher-Borne (she/her)

Anna Bengel (she/her)

Peter Cowen (he/him)

Seasonal Staff

Tarek Elsayed (he/him)

Ola Wilks-Branas (they/them)

Preston Szczesniak (he/him)

Noah Schiller (he/him)

Elise Laffitte (she/her)

Conservation Educators

Jo Mueller (they/them)

Laura Simpkins (she/her)

Shanna Fenu (she/her)

Symonne Fontenot (she/her)

Maria Mata-Reyes (she/her)

Erick Contreras (he/him)

Lauren Fritzsche (she/her)

Olivia Glaser (she/her)

conservation interns

Mason Randolph (he/him)

Mari Black (she/her)

Dakota Newberry

Christelle Kippley (they/she)

Volunteers

As a small nonprofit, our volunteers are the heart of our community! We are so grateful to have a team of dedicated volunteers who help with animal care, enrichment, administrative tasks, and more. Click here to meet some of them!